The Windsor Boys' School

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The Windsor Boys' School
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Address
The Windsor Boys' School
Maidenhead Road

Windsor
,
Berkshire
,
SL4 5EH

England
Coordinates 51°28′57″N0°37′17″W / 51.482586°N 0.62135°W / 51.482586; -0.62135
Information
Type Comprehensive academy
Motto Latin: Uno Animo
(With one spirit)
Established1908;117 years ago (1908)
Local authority Windsor & Maidenhead
TrustWindsor Learning Partnership
Department for Education URN 141844 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherSean Furness [1]
GenderBoys
Age13to 18
Enrolment930 [2]
Houses
  • Allen
  • Burgess
  • Burnett
  • Ford
  • Lambdin
  • Ottrey
  • Warwick
  • Woodland
Colour(s)    Green, Amber and Dark Red
Website twbs.co.uk

The Windsor Boys' School is a comprehensive all-boys upper school and sixth form located on Maidenhead Road in Windsor, Berkshire, England, within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Local Authority. The school specialises in the arts.

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History

Previously known as Windsor Grammar School, the school celebrated its 100th anniversary on 22 September 2008. [3] It moved to the current site in 1939 officially opened by Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone on 18 January 1939. [4]

It welcomed its first non-selective pupils in 1977, completing its transition from a grammar school into a comprehensive school.

On 1 March 2015 the school, together with Windsor Girls' School, became an academy within the Windsor Learning Partnership multi-academy trust.

Houses

All students in the school are affiliated to one of the eight houses:

Each of the eight houses is named after an old boy who died in either the First or Second World Wars. [5]

Sports

The Windsor Boys' School has an active sports programme, and is particularly known for its performances in rugby, football and rowing.

Rowing

Windsor Boys' School Boat Club (opened in 1940) is one of the top school rowing clubs in the UK, and among the best sculling schools in the country. Rowers compete at regional and national school events and the club has produced several medallists in international competitions. The club is based in a boathouse situated on the Thames in Windsor, originally built by the Imperial Service College. The club's quad teams have won the Fawley Challenge Cup at the Royal Henley Regatta eight times in recent history. [6] The most recent win was in 2024 beating Marlow Rowing Club in the final. [7]

Old Windsorians

References

  1. ↑ "Headteacher's Welcome | The Windsor Boys' School" . Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Windsor Boys' School - GOV.UK". Get Information about Schools. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Windsor Boys' School". Schoolsnet. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  4. ↑ ""News in Brief." Times, 19 Jan. 1939, p. 9". The Times. 19 January 1939. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "A Short History of the House System at The Windsor Boys' School". The Windsor Boys' School. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Recent Winners | Henley Royal Regatta". www.hrr.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "Results". Henley Royal Regatta. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Lankford, Mike (17 August 2018). "The Keeper of the Keys Tells His Tale". lareviewofbooks.org/. Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Paris 2024 Olympics: Great Britain win mixed 4x400m relay bronze". BBC Sport. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.


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